Server notes: Constantly streaming pbbans, run by an 18+ adult clan, usually we have several live admins online to tackle any issues, also welcome to join our voice comms (Ventrilo) ask about us in-game or go to website www.walkingdeadarmy.com.

All info (even confirmed from DICE) is subject to change up until release! Often, difficult decisions are made at the last moments of development. The best laid plans....** Please post questions you would like answered and we'll do our best to answer it. **

How long will it take to complete the single player game? 12 hours. Developer estimate, YMMV. Source

Soldier Classes & Weapons

Assault - The Assault Class will be carrying a medic kit and will also be able to revive fallen teammates on the Battlefield with a defib kit. Source

Support - The Support class can throw out ammunition as well as using an LMG to fight his way through hordes of enemies. The LMG is equipped with a bi-pod that you can fold out when you prone to give you that extra accuracy. Also, if you lay down some of that heavy suppressive fire on an enemy, you could also score some extra points as you’ll blur the enemies vision. Source

Engineer - The engineer class is equipped with a submachine-gun with a flashlight that can actually be used to blind people thanks to the great tech provided by the Frostbite 2 engine. This is especially useful in the Operation Metro map due to the narrow spaces and darker areas of the map. The class also comes with a welding tool to repair friendly vehicles as well as an RPG to destroy enemy vehicles. Source

Recon - The Recon class has a semi-automatic sniper rifle and is also equipped with some powerful C4. Those C4 explosions can cause destruction - a Battlefield favorite - anytime, anywhere. Source

Weapons, gadgets, and specs - *** WIP - I slotted all the weapons from the fact sheet in where I THINK they will go. Will correct as more info becomes available! ***

Will the knife be scripted/auto-aim like BFBC2? - There is an animation. Not sure how much auto-aim is involved. **

Will there be squad leaders? There was in the PC Alpha. ** this answer is in flux, more info: Source-Source.

Spawn on squadleader or any teammate? For the Alpha, there spawn only on Squad leader, unless you are the squad leader, then you can spawn on any other person in your squad. ** this answer is in flux, more info: Source-Source.

How many persons per squad, 4 or 6? 4.**

Will there be a commander? No. Commander functions are said to be pushed down to other players. Source.**

What is Battlelog? Battlelog is a web application that is a new front-end for Battlefield 3. Battlelog operates sort of like Steam or Xfire, except it is specific to just one game (BF3). Battlelog performs several functions that were previously embedded in to the game: It allows you to star the game in the various game modes, contains the Multiplayer Server list, friends list, VOIP functionality, etc. More info.

Will there be an Infantry Only option? Yes.

Will there be integrated VOIP? VOIP functionality will be provided by the Battlelog Web application.

If there is integrated VOIP, will there be the options to address 1) All players, 2) Your Team, 3) Just your squad?

Will there be a beta?: There will be an open beta on all platforms (PC, Xbox, PS3), between September 29th and October 10th, 2011. Source

How can I get early access to the beta?: People that purchased the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor (primarily pre-orders) or the Teir-1 edition, as well as people that pre-order the Battlefield 3 digital edition from EA's own store, Origin, will get access to the beta 48 hours before the general public. Source

Available Pre-Order bonus' for BF3? All Pre-orders get the Limited Edition of BF3 at no extra charge. Other available bonus items (ex: Physical Warfare Pack, SPECACT Kit Upgrade, Dog Tag Pack, etc) are vendor specific. Source & more info, and here.

What does the Limited Edition include? "The Battlefield 3 Limited Edition includes Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand at no extra charge. The themed expansion pack features four legendary maps from Battlefield 2 boldly re-imagined with Frostbite 2 physics, destruction, and visuals. Completing the package are classic Battlefield 2 weapons and vehicles, unique rewards, new achievements/trophies, and more."- Source.

How much to purchase the Back to Karkand expansion pack Seperately? $14.99 MSRP in the US. Source.

Will unranked servers support no unlocks, all unlocks, or earned (on ranked servers) unlocks? All unlocks. "In Unranked mode...Server administrators have free reign on such servers – no Battlefield Rules of Conduct to heed. They can control in detail which weapons are available to the players, etc." Source.

Will here be an in-game setting to display FPS? Yes, "Render.DrawFps 1" in console. Source.

Electronic Arts promises new game announcements.
January 10, 2011, by Jim Reilly

Electronic Arts will unveil Battlefield 3 this March.

The publisher confirmed to the media it will host an unveil event for the game on Mar. 1, 2011, taking place during the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Additionally, EA says it will also have new game announcements as well as hands-on time with many upcoming titles, including: Shadows of the Damned, Alice Madness Returns, Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning, and Crysis 2.

Those who purchased the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor this past fall received an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta. Details about the beta's release date have not been announced.

Battlefield 3 is expected to ship in 2011.

Be sure to check back with IGN for all the latest from GDC.

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Will I be able to run BF3?

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Frostbite 2 is primarily developed for DX11. XP & DX9 is _not_ supported, 64-bit OS is recommended. Lots of time to upgrade if you havent!

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Frostbite 2 only supports the DX11 API but both DX10 and DX11 GPUs. No DX9 support at all though, time to leave legacy HW behind.

twitter.com/Gully_Foyle_1: "@repi Frostbite 2 will NOT run on my NV 8800GT, even though I run DX11 Under Win7? Plz answer & I can help spread the word. Thx!"twitter.com/repi: "@Gully_Foyle_1 8800 GT is a DX10 card so it will work if you have Vista or Win7"

I had thought my 8800GT was a DX9 card...here is a video card family DX version listing, for reference:

I don't know if this guy really knows this or is making it up. That TG-Juneau guy that predicted Vietnam release dates and the contents of Map Pack 7 turned out to be for real....
Believe if you want to believe, and your day can be filled with sunshine and rainbows

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I dont want any major leaks coming from this. XD

He told me...

-Jets. They are back.
-Prone. It is back.
-Maps 3 times the size of BC2...They are here.
-The PC Version of the game is being ported to the console, unlike the vice-virca we all thought. Huzza!
-Information and "other cool stuff" coming this month
-Beta Summer 2011
-Release in November/December 2011.
-PC Version is getting remakes of fan favorites.
-64 Players Max on PC. Unknown for consoles.

The franchise that revolutionized online multiplayer for PC games is back.

In our world-exclusive cover story, Game Informer unveils the first numbered entry in the Battlefield series since 2005. Many longtime fans are wondering, "what took so long?!" DICE has honed the concept for the true sequel for years, but it wasn't until the company developed the powerful new Frostbite 2 engine that it felt all the pieces were in place to create a proper follow-up. Armed with powerful upgrades like deferred rendering, real-time radiosity, a new animation system borrowed from the EA Sports label, and an exponential leap in destructibility, executive producer Patrick Bach dubs Frostbite 2 "the best piece of technology on the market when it comes to building games."

You'll have to read the magazine to get the dirt on what DICE has in store for the single-player and multiplayer modes, but check back here and visit the official Battlefield 3 site tomorrow to watch the premiere teaser trailer and glean a few more key details.

Frequent the Battlefield 3 hub throughout the month of February for more exclusive features about the highly anticipated shooter coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC.

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God Bless you Capt Caveman!

What I think were the most interesting bits...

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March Cover Revealed: Battlefield 3
by Matt Bertz on February 03, 2011 at 05:00 PM

The franchise that revolutionized online multiplayer for PC games is back.

In our world-exclusive cover story, Game Informer unveils the first numbered entry in the Battlefield series since 2005. Many longtime fans are wondering, "what took so long?!" DICE has honed the concept for the true sequel for years, but it wasn't until the company developed the powerful new Frostbite 2 engine that it felt all the pieces were in place to create a proper follow-up. Armed with powerful upgrades like deferred rendering, real-time radiosity, a new animation system borrowed from the EA Sports label, and an exponential leap in destructibility, executive producer Patrick Bach dubs Frostbite 2 "the best piece of technology on the market when it comes to building games."

You'll have to read the magazine to get the dirt on what DICE has in store for the single-player and multiplayer modes, but check back here and visit the official Battlefield 3 site tomorrow to watch the premiere teaser trailer and glean a few more key details.

Frequent the Battlefield 3 hub throughout the month of February for more exclusive features about the highly anticipated shooter coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC.

Battlefield 3 is the true successor to Battlefield 2. Beyond our signature multiplayer, we have also included a full single-player campaign and a co-op campaign – all straight out of the box. As for fan favorite features, how does the return of jets, prone, and 64-player multiplayer (on PC) sound? All this built with our powerful new game engine Frostbite 2, which you'll hear and see a lot of in the months leading up to launch. For the full reveal on Battlefield 3, stay tuned for links to our cover stories hitting the gaming press throughout February, starting with Game Informer right now.

Battlefield 3 will release this Fall. You can preorder the Battlefield 3 Limited Edition at www.battlefield.com now. The exact contents of the Limited Edition will be revealed around GDC.

Battlefield 3 allows you to feel the full impact of battle like never before. Powered by Frostbite 2, the next generation of DICE’s cutting-edge gaming engine, Battlefield 3 delivers spectacular visuals, earth-shattering destruction and real as hell combat gameplay providing a dramatic immersive First Person Shooter experience. One moment you may be marching down a hilltop listening to the hypnotic sound of a firefight in the distance or admiring the way the light reflects off the smoke plumes of ground to air missiles rising from the city you’re about to engage. The next you’re on an urban street, surrounded, claustrophobic, fighting for your life and looking eight ways at once with all your senses on high alert, chilled at the knowledge that the building you’re hiding behind can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Welcome to Battlefield 3.

Feel The Battle! This fall, prepare to feel the most physical shooter ever created, powered by the all-new Frostbite 2 gaming engine.

Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite™ 2, the next instalment of DICE’s cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Paris, Tehran and New York

Features:
• Frostbite 2 – Battlefield 3 introduces Frostbite 2, the incredible technology that takes animation, destruction, lighting, scale and audio to new heights. Built upon this powerful game engine, Battlefield 3 immerses players physically and emotionally to the world around them like never before.

• Feel the Battle — Feel the impact of bullets and explosions, drag your fallen comrades into safety, and mount your weapon on almost any part of the terrain. Battlefield 3’s cutting edge animation, spectacular visuals and real as hell battle gameplay attack your senses and make you feel the visceral warriors experience like no other FPS.

• Urban Combat — Take the fight to iconic and unexpected places in the USA, Middle East, and Europe including claustrophobic streets, metropolitan downtowns, and open, vehicle-friendly landscapes as you fight your way through the war of tomorrow.

Battlefield 3 Limited Edition is $49.95 from the EA Store. Part of EA's strategy to be #1? Or does DICE have the power within EA to set thier own prices?
And think, MOH was $60...

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twitter.com/locust9: "So we're clear, yes jets, yes prone, yes 64 players on pc."
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back to karkand map!
total of 4 remastered maps.

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The Battlefield 3 Limited Edition includes Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand at no extra charge.

The themed expansion pack features four legendary maps from Battlefield 2 boldly re-imagined with Frostbite 2 physics, destruction, and visuals. Completing the package are classic Battlefield 2 weapons and vehicles, unique rewards, new achievements/trophies, and more. For those who don't pre-order to secure the Limited Edition, Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand expansion content will be available for purchase approximately one month after the game's release.

Interesting it's DX11 this time and not backwards compatible. Hopefully FB2 engine is a bit better optimized, have to wait and see I guess. Getting excited for it and can't wait till March for hopefully images/gameplay!

I hope its better than BC2. BC2 had much potential but got old very quick.

I still enjoy it but I only have 33 hours online so far..haven't unlocked everything yet.

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Interesting it's DX11 this time and not backwards compatible. Hopefully FB2 engine is a bit better optimized, have to wait and see I guess. Getting excited for it and can't wait till March for hopefully images/gameplay!

I'm happy to see that - hopefully we'll get some progress in graphics/etc if they start eliminating backwards compatibility with older DX versions.

Some amateur analysis of the BF3 information released so far. I trust the Off Duty Games analysis over the GamerSpawn's.
I've heard the plane from the teaser video is an SU34 which appeared in BF2, not the SU37 GamerSpawn and others think it is.

Check out these quote from some of the product descriptions seen around the web, such as Best Buy.

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This street is quiet. Too quiet. You train your eyes on one of the only two points of entry. Surely this will be the way the enemy comes in for the assault. As soon as you've brought your weapon to the ready, you hear the whizzing noise of a bullet flying past inches from your ear. Suddenly the building to your right bursts into an explosion that sends you flying through the air. You smash into the opposite building with a resounding thud. You lie there helpless, watching bits of the crumbled wall roll toward you. You have to get up. You have to keep fighting. A fallen comrade lays beside you and you know you must drag him to safety if he's going to survive. You have to do this. Lives depend on it. Welcome to the Battlefield.

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...Feel the Battle - Feel the impact of bullets and explosions...The battlefield has become more alive and interactive than ever before...

So, it seems BF3 is going to toss you about, a bit. What do you think about this? Have you experience something similar in other games?
Does this sound interesting, or does it sound incredibly annoying?

So, it seems BF3 is going to toss you about, a bit. What do you think about this? Have you experience something similar in other games?
Does this sound interesting, or does it sound incredibly annoying?

I wonder if they are putting in ragdoll physics(the being tossed around you mention) and dragging fallen comrades to safety things in because they are fun, or because they are shooting for realism? As in, maybe they are taking something from Project Reality?

I don't care much for realism insofar as accurate ballistics and stuff goes, but I did like how Project Reality did multicrewing of vehicles(driver can only drive, gunner can only operate the main gun etc), no kill messages, huge maps, planting firebases if you get enough people out in the field, etc.

i wonder if we're gonna be able to drag enemy corpses.
drag and t-bag will be hilarious.

Now that you mention it, I'm wondering about this too. But from a different standpoint. Are we going to be able to keep shooting the enemy so that they can't be revived? Because this is going to make medics even more powerful than in BF2.

Now that you mention it, I'm wondering about this too. But from a different standpoint. Are we going to be able to keep shooting the enemy so that they can't be revived? Because this is going to make medics even more powerful than in BF2.

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yea i hope they adapt the gib system like RtCW. just pump more lead into them to make them unrevivable.

Far Cry 2 had something like this. And it ties in with the common request to not to be revived, if you don't want to.
When you were killed, you went in to a "limbo" phase that lasted around 10 seconds, where you could still be revived. Both sides could tell you were in this stage. The enemy could "finish you off", or your teammates could revive you, or, you had the option of immediately terminating yourself, and starting your respawn timer.

Thank god someone else captured all the below info. It's a lot of work I don't have to do Some interesting stuff here.
Quoting the whole thing for people that read at work. You'll need to see the original if you want to verify the links.

Demize99
There will be a knife, there will be dogtags. No details for now."

I love it how both the person asking the question and Demize dodged the real question. No one doubts that there will be a knife, we want to know if there will be an equippable knife instead of an insta-click autoaim knife.

Demize99
There will be a knife, there will be dogtags. No details for now."

I love it how both the person asking the question and Demize dodged the real question. No one doubts that there will be a knife, we want to know if there will be an equippable knife instead of an insta-click autoaim knife.

The kid asked the wrong question then. He just asked any comments on them.

woot. While we're at it, it would be nice if they would take an official position on whether or not you are allowed to attack and kill people at uncappable bases. In BF2 they did not take a position other than to say that spec ops are allowed to destroy commander assets. This led to servers having rules against uncap attacks, and these servers went so far as to say that while they would permit spec ops to destroy assets because they were required to do so, the spec ops must not defend themselves if they are caught doing so- in other words if caught they can't shoot back.

DICE has claimed prominently that Battlefield 3 will be released in "Fall 2011". Because of the recent discussions about BFBC2 Vietnam being releeased in Winter 2010, we know that zh1nt0 defines Winter as December through February. There for, it should be released before December.

There is one shop.to site being discussed on the EA UK forums that has a date of October 14th posted as the release date. That is right in the middle of DICE's definition of Fall...

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If you pre-order Battlefield 3 before 12pm on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 we will guarantee that you will receive it by the release date of Friday 14th of October 2011, if you do not receive it we will compensate you with £3.00 on your shopto account.Click here to view Terms and Conditions